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March 18, 2016

Voter ID – Complete Guide to Get Answers and Solutions to All your Queries

The Election Commission of India was setup on 25th January 1950 and to mark this, the day is celebrated as National Voter’s day every Year. It is a constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes to Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislatures and the offices of President and Vice President in India. The first general Elections post Independence took place during 1951-52 and the latest General Elections took place in the year 2014. One can observe a lot of transformation in the administration of the Election Commission from then to now. In 2014 Elections, highest ever Voter turnout was recorded. This is more or less, due to the digitization of the Electoral Processes by the Election Commission. Almost all the services of the Election Commission of India were made Online as a result of which the processes for Enrollment of Name in Electoral Rolls, Getting a Voter ID Card, making Corrections to it etc., have become lot easier compared to that of a few years back. In this article all the important aspects of Voter ID Card are covered in brief.

Everything Related To Voter ID – A Brief Guide

Applying a New Voter ID card

This is the first and foremost step to become a part of the Democratic Process of the country. All the citizens of the country who attained the age of 18 can apply for a Voter ID Card. Only those who possess this Voter ID Card, known as EPIC (Elector’s Photo Identity Card) can vote in any elections. Hence it is our duty to get the Voter Id Card at the earliest. A voter ID Card can be applied in two ways Offline and Online. However Offline process is generally a time consuming process as the applicant need to visit the ERO (Electoral Registration Officer) and may stand in lines for waiting for their turn. Hence it is always advisable to opt for Online process which can be done right from our comfort zone and also it is a faster process than the former one. Let us see how to apply for a new Voter ID Card in both Offline and Online Processes.

How To Apply For a Voter ID Card Through Offline Process

Find the Electoral Registration Office of your Assembly constituency

Go there and ask for Form6. This is the form to be filled for registering Name in the Electoral Lists.

Carry the following documents with you both in Original as well as photocopy.

Date of Birth Certificate

Address Proof

Photo Identity Proof

And recent Coloured Passport Sized Photograph

The Applicant must submit a filled in Form – 6 to the ERO of the Assembly Constituency. The form6 is available in the office. However you can download it online.

After Filling the form6, paste the Photo and attach the above documents and submit it to the concerning officer.

If all the entries are found to be legitimate, your application will be accepted and acknowledged for the same.

Your EPIC (Electoral Photo Identity Card) or Voter ID Card will reach you in 6 to 8 months by post to the address for communication you mentioned in your application.

How To Apply For a Voter ID Card Through Online Process

Online process is an easy method compared to the offline process. You can fill the form6 online and can upload the documents (soft copies),hence no need to go out and search the ERO’s office and wait in long lines for hours to get things done. Moreover online process takes 1 to 2 months which is very less when compared to the offline process.

Note: Form6 is only for the citizens who are residing in India. But the citizens residing in foreign country who did not acquire foreign Nation’s Citizenship should fill the Form 6a to get their name included in the Electoral roll of the Country and get a Voter ID Card. Let us see how to fill form 6a.

How To fill Form 6a For Indian Citizen Living In Foreign Country

Form 6a is mostly similar to the form 6 which is discussed above but differs slightly as the details like Passport and Visa should also be entered in the form.

In the address part, enter the address which is present in your Passport.

Enter the details of the Passport including the Date of Issue and Date of Expiry.

Enter the Visa Number.

Enter the Date of Issue and Date of expiry of the Visa.

You may fill the non-mandatory fields as you may wish.

Select the Reason of being absent from the place of ordinary residence in India.

Enter the Date from which you were absent from ordinary residence in India

Enter the Residential and official of the country where you currently live in.

Upload your Photograph and Valid Pages of your Pssport

Check the declaration and Enter place and Date and click on Submit.

That’s it, you are done applying for enrolment of your name in Electoral rolls of India though you stay outside India.

Voter ID Card Status

After applying for Voter ID Card by Offfline/Online method it takes time for the Voter ID Card to reach you depending on the method you opted. Meanwhile, you can check the Status of your application by various methods. This enables you to assess the arrival of your Voter ID Card through post. The following are some of the methods to check your Voter ID Card Status.

Methods to Check Voter ID Status

Those who applied Voter ID through online or offline method can check their application Status by four simple methods.

Visiting ERO’s office

Through State Election Commission’s website

Through SMS

Through a Helpline Number

Through NVSP Portal

Let us see in brief each of the above methods

1. Visiting ERO’s Office

One can find the Electoral Registration Officer’s office and can ask the concerning officer about the status of your application.

They will ask you to provide Enrollment ID, or Tracking ID or Acknowledgement of your application. Once you provide any one of them, you can know the status of your Voter ID Card.

5. Checking Voter ID Status Through NVSP Portal

You can also check the Status of your Voter ID by Election Commission of India’s website National Voter’s Service Portal (NVSP) which is a one stop website for various services relating to Electoral Process. Using the portal, One can register for new Voter ID Card, Check Voter ID Status, Make Changes to Existing Voter ID Cards etc.

After opening the Portal, scroll down and find ‘Correction Of Entries in Electoral Roll’.

Then a page with various forms will open.

On the top of the Page you can find a link to Track Application Status.

Click on the link and enter your reference ID to track the status of your application.

Thus you can check the status of your application in any of the above methods. For more details on Voter ID Card Status, click here.

Corrections To Voter ID Card

Now let us see how to make Corrections to your Voter ID Card.

How To Make Corrections To Our Voter ID Card

Correcting details in your Voter ID Card too require filling the relevant form, ie., form 8. Through this form one can Make corrections to the following

Name

Age

Gender

Father’s / Mother’s / Husband’s Name

Address

Elector’s Photo Identity Card Number

Photograph

Form8 can be filled by two ways, Offline and Online

In offline process one need to go to the local Electoral Office, and should ask for form8. However one can also download it from the National Voter’s Service Portal (NVSP) and fill it Offline and can submit it to the concerning Officer. Offline process generally involves waiting in long queues, or waiting for the concerning officer and it takes a lot of time to get completed. Hence Online method is always better. However, Online process is similar to the Offline process but can be done right from our home.

Step-by-Step : How To Fill Form 8

Select the State and Assembly / Parliamentary Constituency to which you belong from the drop down list in the form. In offline method write the same in Capital Letters.

Enter your Name and Surnameas per your Original Documents correctly in English. The same will appear automatically in your local language as per your State, no need to fill it separately. In offfline form, you are supposed to write them in English as well as in your Vernacular language.

Enter the Part number of your electoral roll.

Select your Gender, and Enter your Correct Age or Date of Birthby selecting the relevant box. You need to tick the same in the offline method and write the the age or Date of Birth.

EnterFather’s/ Mother’s/ or Husband’s name and indicate the relevant relation in the separate box below. In case of offline method, you shoud write the same.

Part- II of Form8

In this Part, enter the full and correct Address of where you live currently.(Current address) This address is used for communication

Also make sure to have an Address Proof ready with you to be uploaded in later Part. In case of Offline method, you are supposed to take the photocopy of the address Proof and should attach it along with other documents.

Part- III of Form8

In Part- III, you should enter the Details of Elector’s Photo Identity Card / Voter ID Card (if already issued, in the current or some other constituency).

If not issued, you can leave this part empty. Same is the case with Offline Method.

In the same Part, you should upload the Scanned copies Supporting documents like Photo, Identity Proof and Address Proof. Also make sure to preserve the originals safe until verification. In case of Offline method, you should have all the hard copies of the above said documents to be attached along with your application for verification purpose. Also you should carry the originals of the documents attached as the officer may ask you for cross checking.

Part- IV of Form8

This is very important part in form8. Here you should select the Details of entries to be corrected.

You can select as many as possible from the available options.

In case of Offline process, tick mark as many options as required from those present.

Enter the Place, Date, Mobile Number and email Idand click on

After Successful Submission, a confirmation page will be displayed and you are done applying for Voter ID Card Correction.

Offline applicants should write Mobile Number and email Id and should submit it to the concerning officer. He will check and if found correct, will acknowledge you the receipt of your application.

How to apply for Transposition

Transposition of the Voter ID Card is required when you change from one place to another in the same constituency. To apply for Transposition, you need to be having EPIC and should fill form 8A. Letus see how to fill this form8a for Transposition.

Thus In this article we learnt How to Enroll Our Name in Electoral Roll / How to apply for a New Voter Id Card, How to Check the Status of our Application, How to correct our details in our Voter ID Card, How to apply for Transposition, How to apply for objection/ Deletion of the Name of a particular Voter in brief.

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my wife have voter card in kolkata, card no—wb/18/112/378743. but she never change her surname, after marrage in 1999, presently she is staying in mysore. can you pls guide how to change her card details, like change of address, change of surname, change of state from west bengal to karnataka,mysore.

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